Trump’s compulsion to mark territory is more than ego. It reflects a worldview where prestige matters more than truth, law, or restraint.

I was walking in the park recently watching a dog going from tree to tree lifting its leg. The behaviour apparently alleviates insecurity and anxiety, and the higher leg-lifts help them appear tougher and feel more secure.  The main reason, cited in Google, for leg lifting is to mark territory, signaling, “I was here.”

I thought of Donald J Trump. He has this condition.

So far and still counting, he has left his mark on dozens of Trump Tower buildings, plazas, streets, roads, highways and byways, boulevards, government buildings, condominiums, hotels, resorts, golf courses, casinos, not only in America but in countries all over the world. Games, magazines, songs, films, books, wines, beers, cocktails, ice, steak, vodka, collectible cards, drinks, chocolate, perfumes, sneakers, and The Bible all bear his name. Trump Mobile, a telecommunications company owned by The Trump Organisation was founded in 2025. Wikipedia can’t keep up.

Of course, he has an airplane to get around in - Trump Force One - which is about to get ritzier as he has accepted a plane worth an estimated $400m as a gift from Qatar, calling it “a great gesture”. He has renamed the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Centre for the Performing Arts, the Donald J. Trump National Institute of Peace, in Washington, the Donald J. Trump State Park, in New York State and he is building a big, bold, beautiful President Donald J. Trump ballroom after demolishing the historic East Wing of the White House.

He is planning a triumphal Arc de Trump, in Washington, bigger than those in Paris, Mexico and   even Pyongyang: Kim Jong Un the Supreme Leader of North Korea will be miffed. Plans for a ........

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